rain fall rate needs editting

[NHP]

hello
i have been running cumulus for a month or so and have it all running well. last night i installed my rain gauge for the first time and i now have a record i need to delete. it has a rain rate of 11000mm. i understand this is due to the installation but i am having truoble deleting it. is it possible to get simple instructions to delete it. i have tried in the edit section of cumulus and in the data files but it still shows
thanks

[Orion]

Hi, Does this help
http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/FAQ#My_sta ... it_to_zero

[steve]

Where exactly is the figure showing?

[NHP]

when i click on view- this month and this year and also in the select a graph
it is the rain fall rate

[steve]

when i click on view- this month and this year

The 'high rain rate' figure on those screens is taken from dayfile.txt - the 'maximum rainfall rate' field.

and also in the select a graph

Select-A-Graph plots data from the monthly log files - in this case the 'current rainfall rate' field.

You need to edit the appropriate fields in those files with Cumulus stopped. If you're struggling with the editing, the Toolbox makes it easier.

[NHP]

also showing on my website
http://www.nhppestcontrol.co.uk/windsor/trends.htm
on the rain fall rate graph

[NHP]

found it, editted it, saved it, checked it and all looks good
when i re started cumulus i got this error log

13/08/2011 10:08:20 : Error on line 2694 of C:\Cumulus\data\Aug11log.txt: ''0.0'' is not a valid integer value
13/08/2011 10:08:56 : Error on line 2694 of C:\Cumulus\data\Aug11log.txt: ''0.0'' is not a valid integer value

is this ok.
thanks so much for the help. i would of been there for days trying as i am a bit slow

[steve]

when i re started cumulus i got this error log

13/08/2011 10:08:20 : Error on line 2694 of C:\Cumulus\data\Aug11log.txt: ''0.0'' is not a valid integer value
13/08/2011 10:08:56 : Error on line 2694 of C:\Cumulus\data\Aug11log.txt: ''0.0'' is not a valid integer value

is this ok.

No; it means you've made a mistake editing the file on that line, and now the fields don't line up properly.

[NHP]

sorted. thanks for the help
one last quick one. on my web site it says reords began 10 december. i only sarted with cumulus recently. am i able to change the date. looking to change it to june

[steve]

one last quick one. on my web site it says reords began 10 december. i only sarted with cumulus recently. am i able to change the date. looking to change it to june

That's strange; the first time you run Cumulus it takes the current date from Windows.

To change it, you'll need to stop Cumulus and edit cumulus.ini. Find the 'Startdate' line and change it to the correct date.

[NHP]

i think i initially downloaded cumulus a while ago but found i couldnt use it with my wmr200. i re downloaded recently when i found you had done the updates
where do i find cumulus .ini

[steve]

where do i find cumulus .ini

In the folder where you installed Cumulus.

[NHP]

sorry is it the one that contains this
[Station]
Type=9
Model=
Port=0
Latitude=51.4886111111111
Longitude=-0.636666666666667
LatTxt=N 51° 29' 19"
LonTxt=W 00° 38' 12"
Altitude=20
AltitudeInFeet=0
Humidity98Fix=0
Wind10MinAverage=0
UseSpeedForAvgCalc=0
CalculatedDP=0
CalculatedWC=0
RolloverHour=0
Use10amInSummer=1
ConfirmClose=0
CloseOnSuspend=1
RestartIfUnplugged=0
SyncDavisClock=0
DataLogInterval=2
WindUnit=1
PressureUnit=0

i cant find any other called cumulus

[steve]

Yes, there's only one cumulus.ini file. You probably have file extensions hidden in Windows.

[NHP]

helps if i scroll down. then i might find it
thanks for all your help today